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US long products imports up 24% in May

June 20, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 24% from 368,000 short tons in April to 457,000 tons in May. Long products imports in May 2015 were 362,000 tons and in May 2014 they were 422,000 tons. Longs imports for the first five months of 2016 were 6% lower than in the same […]

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US flat products imports unchanged between April and May at 840k tonnes

June 9, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports were unchanged month-on-month at 841,000 short tons in April and in May. Flat products imports in May 2015 were 1,160,000 tons and in May 2014 they were 1,087,000 tons. Imports of flat products for the first five months of 2016 were 31% lower than in the […]

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China crude steel production 69.4M tonnes in April

May 24, 2016

Worldsteel reported Chinese crude steel production at 69.4M tonnes in April, 0.5% higher than in April 2015. The average daily production rate this April was the second highest ever achieved for China at 2.314M tonnes, just after the June 2014 rate of 2.317M tonnes. Output in the first four months of 2016 was 1.9% lower […]

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April world crude steel production 134.9M tonnes

May 23, 2016

Worldsteel published April’s world crude steel production on May 20th. World crude steel output was 134.9 million metric tonnes, 0.5% lower than in April 2015. World crude production for the first four months of 2016 was 2.5% lower than in the same period last year. China accounted for 51% of world production in April with […]

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US long products imports drop 15% in April

May 20, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 15% from 511,000 short tons in March to 432,000 tons in April. Long products imports in April 2015 were 516,000 tons and in April 2014 they were 505,000 tons. Longs imports for the first 4 months of 2016 were 8% lower than in the same […]

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US flat products imports rise 10% in April

May 11, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 10% from 784,000 short tons in March to 864,000 tons in April. Flat products imports in April 2015 were 1,088,000 tons and in April 2014 they were 1,055,000 tons. Imports of flat products for the first four months of 2016 were 31% lower than in […]

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